WORLD (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

5:00 pm

NOVA"Mystery of a Masterpiece"
In October 2009, a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress makes world news headlines. Originally sold two years before for around $20,000, the portrait is now thought to be an undiscovered masterwork by Leonardo da Vinci worth more than $100 million. NOVA meets a new breed of experts who are approaching "cold case" art mysteries as they deploy new techniques to combat the multi-billion dollar criminal market in stolen and fraudulent art.G

6:00 pm

Inside Nature's Giants"Monster Python"
In Florida's Everglades "python hunters" are attempting to control the python population (approximately 100,000) through a cull. In this show, experts dissect two pythons: a 9-foot male and a 14-foot female. The program explores the science of slithering, as well as the development of "infra-red goggles" that let the snakes hunt warm-blooded prey in the dark and a flexible jaw that allows them to stretch their mouths around huge prey, including alligators.G

7:00 pm

Secrets of the Dead"Michelangelo Revealed"
Art historian Antonio Forcellino offers evidence of the artist's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within. This film reveals brave religious expression, personal vendettas, cover-ups and an artist trying to reconcile loyalty to the church and his personal beliefs.G

Inside Nature's Giants"Monster Python"
In Florida's Everglades "python hunters" are attempting to control the python population (approximately 100,000) through a cull. In this show, experts dissect two pythons: a 9-foot male and a 14-foot female. The program explores the science of slithering, as well as the development of "infra-red goggles" that let the snakes hunt warm-blooded prey in the dark and a flexible jaw that allows them to stretch their mouths around huge prey, including alligators.G